Pteralopex pulchra

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Pteropodoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Eutheria Infraclassis: Placentalia Magnordo: Boreoeutheria Superordo: Laurasiatheria Cladus: Scrotifera Ordo: Chiroptera Subordo: Yinpterochiroptera Superfamilia: Pteropodoidea

Familia: Pteropodidae
Subfamilia: Pteropodinae
Tribus: Pteralopini
Genus: Pteralopex
Species: Pteralopex pulchra

Name

Pteralopex pulchra Flannery, 1991: 125

• Holotype: AM M.21842, adult ♀, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by I. Kaujare, T. Leary and Tim Flannery on 17 May 1990.
• Type locality: “at 1,230 m altitude, southern slopes of Mount Makarakomburu (9°44'S 160°01'E)”, Guadalcanal Island, Solomon Islands.

Native distribution areas

• Solomon Islands: Guadalcanal Island.

References

Primary references

• Flannery, T.F. 1991. A new species of Pteralopex (Chiroptera: Pteropodidae) from montane Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. Records of the Australian Museum 43(2): 123–129. DOI: 10.3853/j.0067-1975.43.1991.44 Reference page. 

Links

• Lavery, T.H. 2018. IUCN: Pteralopex pulchra  (Critically Endangered) (amended version of 2017 assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T18658A128950188. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T18658A128950188.en. Accessed on 23 March 2026.

Vernacular names

• English: Montane Monkey-faced Fruit Bat